Vendetta
“Papa, please, can’t we go a bit faster. Otto is playing his
last match; I’ve to watch it live.”
They reached their home and Pinti ran up the stairs, he
unlocked the door. As he stepped in, he heard the sound of music.
TV was on.
“Did you leave the TV on, mama?”
“No, but I think you were watching the TV. Didn’t you….?"
“Yes……...yes, you’re right. But I am sure I switched it off.”
*
It was 1 a.m. Pinti was reading a book and everyone else was
asleep. Pinti suddenly heard sounds coming from TV room. Someone had switched
on the TV.
Pinti jumped and rushed to the TV room. TV was on but there
was no one in the room. He was mystified. He switched off the TV and unplugged
its wires.
Next morning, he told his parents about this incident,
“Something funny is happening here.”
“Perhaps there is ghost in our home. He likes watching TV,”
his father said and laughed.
“It’s possible,” Pinti said. “But it is foolish of this ghost
to come to our home. I think I can teach him a lesson.”
“And how would you do that?”
“I will make him watch ghost movies,” said Pinti. “Only last
week I downloaded a horrifying movie, ‘Vendetta’ Even a ghost will be terrified,
if he watches it.”
*
At 12 a.m. Pinti
switched on the TV and attached his USB drive to play the horror movie.
Suddenly he felt that he was not alone in the room. He looked
around but there was no one there.
“What does it mean? Vendetta?” Pinti heard a husky voice.
Pinti lost his nerve. He tried to run back to his bedroom but
he could not move; he felt that an invisible but powerful hand had grabbed his
right arm.
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A post for A
to Z April Challenge
Today’s
letter V